THE POST OFFICE
REDUCTION OF SERVICES According to a circular letter from the Postmaster-General (Hon. P. C. Webb), which- the Postmaster at Te Awamutu (Mr A. H. Laybourn) received on Saturday, over 5,000 experienced officers, of whom 302 have been employed in the local (Hamilton) postal district, will have been lost to the Post Office when the men now being called up report for services with the Armed Forces. The strain thus imposed on the Department has grown from month to month and has now become so heavy that it is impossible to carry on without some curtailment in a number of postal, telegraph and telephone services. A number of reductions have, therefore, been authorised to be introduced as from Monday, February 2. So far as Te Awamutu is concerned, two alterations only will be made. Commencing or. April 1, the provision for monthly telephone accounts will be abolished and all telephone accounts must be paid on the half-yearly basis. The second alteration is that the “householder” delivery service will be suspended.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4528, 26 January 1942, Page 8
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172THE POST OFFICE Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4528, 26 January 1942, Page 8
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